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To: Sexton O Blake who wrote (74297)	2/25/2011 10:25:29 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

I always let the Ubuntu installer handle the dual boot. Tell it how much free space for Linux, and it takes care of partitioning for you and installs Grub2 to handle the dual boot. fwiw

To: Sexton O Blake who wrote (74297)	2/26/2011 3:25:24 AM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 110626

Over the years I have tried various combinations of Windows/Linux. My current favorite is running Linux inside VMware. It is stable, I am able to run both systems concurrently and I can copy and paste between them. I use Ubuntu 10.04 LTS so I needn't bother about the base system for some years.

To: Sexton O Blake who wrote (74297)	2/26/2011 12:24:40 PM
From: roto	Respond to of 110626

Sexton O Blake, thanks much for your observation. my plan is to install ssd & reinstall windows 7 without the bloatware. I will somehow get the 'dual boot' after the dm1z issues with ubuntu are fixed. I think I will suffer a sensory overload. it seems to be common in people tweaking computers. regards, John

To: Sexton O Blake who wrote (74297)	3/5/2011 12:23:51 PM
From: roto	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110626

I have the HP DM1Z netbook computer that comes with Windows Home Premium 64-bit OS & a 320GB hard drive. basically, the computer is telling me I have 246GB free space available on an indicated 278GB. The computer is in it's native state. I have a Intel X25-M Sata SSD, 80GB, I want to install. Everything is new. I am deleting a few of the bloat installations as I see fit before I swap the drives. I have read as much as my brain can compute. Is it preferable to download the OS and all the peripherals to an external HD or thumb drive, swap out the HD, and then download the OS back onto the SSD? Will I run into a signature problem with Windows re-installed on the SSD? just curious as to whether there is an easy way to do this. thanks much for your help.